The San Francisco Chronicle's Rising Star Chefs of 2014: Timmy Malloy of Local's Corner, left, James LaLonde of Bocadillos, Jared Rogers of Picco, Jessica Largey of Manresa, and Dante Cecchini of Marlowe.

The San Francisco Chronicle's Rising Star Chefs of 2014: Timmy Malloy of Local's Corner, left, James LaLonde of Bocadillos, Jared Rogers of Picco, Jessica Largey of Manresa, and Dante Cecchini of Marlowe.

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Jessica Largey of Manresa.

Jessica Largey of Manresa.

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Timmy Malloy of Local's Corner.

Timmy Malloy of Local's Corner.

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James LaLonde of Bocadillos.

James LaLonde of Bocadillos.

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Jared Rogers of Pico.

Jared Rogers of Pico.

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Dante Cecchini of Marlowe.

Dante Cecchini of Marlowe.

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The San Francisco Chronicle's Rising Star Chefs of 2014: Timmy Malloy of Local's Corner, left, James LaLonde of Bocadillos, Jared Rogers of Picco, Jessica Largey of Manresa, and Dante Cecchini of Marlowe.

The San Francisco Chronicle's Rising Star Chefs of 2014: Timmy Malloy of Local's Corner, left, James LaLonde of Bocadillos, Jared Rogers of Picco, Jessica Largey of Manresa, and Dante Cecchini of Marlowe.

Photo: Russell Yip, The Chronicle

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The Chronicle's 2014 Rising Star Chefs

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One chef glided into cooking on a skateboard. Another began stirring up eggs at the age of 5; a third started working in restaurants in high school and decided not to follow the family footsteps to Harvard.

They're from all parts of the country: Virginia, North Dakota, Southern California and Pennsylvania, as well as San Francisco. Some traveled to Europe. Others have experience with only one chef. All decided on a cooking career instead of graduating from college.

They are The Chronicle's 2014 Rising Stars.

These young chefs have something special that makes us believe their careers will continue to blossom and enrich what arguably is the most vibrant dining scene in the United States.

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